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Subject: [IOWA] 1903 Bio of Hardin Nowlin
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:05:36 EDT

HARDIN NOWLIN was born at Sharpsburg, Maryland, April 1, 1829. He received a
liberal education and when quite young began the study of law. He graduated
from the Law Department of the Transylvania University of Kentucky in 1850 and
the following year removed to Iowa, making his home at Keosauqua. In 1852 he
was elected Prosecuting Attorney and in 1854 chief clerk of the House of the
Fifth General Assembly at Iowa City. In 1856 he was Secretary of the Senate.
He was a delegate to the State Convention of that year which organized the
Republican party of Iowa and served as one of the secretaries. In 1860 he was a
delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago which nominated
Abraham Lincoln. At the State Convention the same year he was nominated for
Attorney-General of Iowa and elected, serving four years. In 1865 Mr. Nourse was
appointed Judge of the Fifth District. In 1876 he was selected by the
Governor to deliver an address for Iowa at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia.
It was a masterly oration showing the wonderful progress and development of
the new State, and 20,000 copies were published for general circulation.
Judge Nourse has long ranked among the ablest lawyers of the State and has been
one of the most prominent leaders of temperance and prohibition.



Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

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